QPR’s home hitman hogs the array of impressive numbers on show from the weekend, ably assisted by stellar showings from Tottenham’s Harry Kane and Christian Eriksen. Elsewhere in our regular members’ statistical digest, we examine how Man City’s tactical tweaks influenced two of their key midfielders and analyse how a pair of returning United assets are hinting at major hauls as their minutes begin to build.
"there was contact"!
footballing phrase that annoys me most
* --> "That would have gone in if it was just an inch lower / the keeper hadn't saved it!"
Yep. Basically an excuse for diving.
Football is a non-contact sport these days
I fondly remember the days when you could make the generalization that it was all foreigners who dived, but it's as much the English players now as it is anybody.
The faking of injury and holding of the face is what annoys me the most though, I'd take diving over that any day.
Andy Townsend likes his "if he doesn't make as good as a contact, its in the back of the net." Or "if he scuffs that, its in."
"I know Agbonlahor (or pick any other listed PL player), he's not that type of player", FFS
Double pivot is mine. Ugghhh!
Play Downing or Austin this week?
Austin definitely.
Austin. Arsenal can't defend.
This
I may even captain him again
Hoops cant defend
i may (c) giroud
Touche!and yes i'd play the bps monster that is austin......above downing chelski
cheers all
would have said Downing until I watched Arsenal today.
Just Austin.
-12 transfer
Costa (?) Oscar (?) Siggy (0) Jedinak (2) --> Downing (10) Silva (13) Austin (17) Hazard (?)
I guess my transfer paid off very well. Only thing is I changed captain from Austin to RVP. If not it would be an awesome gmwk for me..
Big deductions big returns
No way!
Would be a huge mistake IMOLol he already did it
Short term gains then
Downing and Austin have nasty fixtures this GW, We are yet to see if Hazard outscores Oscar.
Silva would of been the only one to bring in for me
I'd prefer the points still.
This is called living in the past. Common mistake and could easily reverse next week
Apologies... You did it! Bloody ballsy and well done 😀
So your bench scored nothing?
If Costa and Oscar blank, that is one of the best -12's I have ever seen
Massive If
You've done well but I would n't use it as a precedent to do a -12 too often.
i was inspired by my rival in mini-league.. He has done 72 points deductions overall but still in 77K ranking.. compared to me in the 150K rank... i think his goal is to win the mini league not to get good ranking overall... i got 24 points to catch him up... thanks.
A) Foster/Baines/Downing
B) 4.0/O'Shea/ADM
Will Mourinho rest hazard (on the basis that he said that no one would play every game over xmas) and if yes - when? Now that Citeh are chasing hard he wont want to give up points easily but...
I want to C / VC him and Sanchez next week but I am worried that both get rested. VC Yaya instead?Perhaps put the VC on someone who was rested recently, e.g. Bony or Zabaleta (maybe not a defender but you get my point!)
Yaya probably unlikely to be rested given he is off to ACON in Jan and didn't play in last champions league match either.
I hope Haz doesnt play this week instead
I doubt Hazard will be rested anytime soon. He's too vital.
I kind of want Siggy to just be out for another game or two so I can sell him in peace.
I kind of do too.
Silva looks tempting.
I got rid a few weeks ago and haven't regretted it yet.
I too was worried because of his high ownership and the value I was losing.
Has worked out ok so far though.
Any news on him?
Don't think so. I saw someone post that it was just a knock earlier, but I'm not sure if that was actual news or just them saying that.
I'm thinking Siggys appeal may decrease insanely when Bony leaves for ACON...
Baines>Zab?
Already have Demi but sick of Baines one pointers and Zab is playing well.
no
Not if you want assured starters during Christmas.
I did it.. Baines has no real benefit atm other than starting.. for 7.3 thats crap
Wisdom to Zab make sense for next week. ( I have 2.8 million in the bank)
I then plan to downgrade Baines down to a 4.0 or 4.5 the following week if he blanks against Stoke?
Forster (Mccarthy)
Baines Azpi Naylor (Wisdom) (Moore)
Hazard Sanchez Eriksen Downing (Boyd)
Costa Bony Austin
Benteke or giroud?.
Benteke. More likely to play 90 and probably better fixtures.
giroud-better team ,more goals,giroud is greedy and wants part of those goals
Looking for the best defender for 5.9M or under. Is it Skrtel? When Liverpool actually DO keep a cleansheet he generally gets the bonus points. He's also a decent goal threat with good fixtures.
I'm considering this.
skttel-original hard man..good call
Looking at this AM today and goal only strengthened my resolve. Fixtures are great but will they Keep clean sheets??
With the new 5 at the back it is more likely. Jones is a concern in net though.
Planning to get Sterling and Benteke in.
Which combo do you prefer up to late Jan
A) Eriksen + Costa (3-5-2)
B) Benteke + Costa (3-4-3)
B) Benteke + Eriksen-Carroll rotation
All players equal.B
B
B1
B2 / C is a lot of money for a rotation plan
Talking of subtitles, if you are watching SSN put them on for the lols. Hilarious but not much use for those of us who need them 🙂
If you don't mind me asking WR did you lose partial hearing on the force?
Do you work for Hearingclaims4you? Not sure tbh, Needed hearing aids when I left the Police but damage more likely to have been done in the Navy
The Navy fair Doos WR..My sis is in the force(Gardai),tough job,ye deserve every penny ye earned
We have subtitles on most of the time and SSN & the main news are hopeless.
I think one of the most stupid FPL decisions I have made in a while is captained Costa over Austin
Very stiff mate
You never know until after tomorrows game,Costa could score 4
God I hope not
Not yet...
total nonsense, what are you talking about?
really hate these post mortem (and chelsea haven't even played in this case) rubbish posts.
captain hindsight crap, unless you're joking
This. The worst are those moaning about captain fails 20mins into the game.
I can't imagine getting this angry over a regretful post about captaincy.
This. Especially when the captain hasn't played yet.
Guys,
Money in the bank and considering Siggy> Silva
Fabi in goal and Bony up front so plenty other Swansea cover and concerned with too much Swansea reliance despite the away win yesterday.
its a -4 so might wait a week.
All thoughts welcome.Why all the interest in Sunderland defence?
probably all the points they're accumulating
Haha good explanation
Might as well get Pants. The defence, after all is just pants.
Stick on the bottom of the last! Sorry for repost...
If I do siggy --> silva on a free I would have the front 8 of:
Sanchez fab oscar silva downing
Austin Lukaku bony
Thoughts on that transfer?rotation headache
I really like Zabaleta and his attacking threat but City have so many reliable full-backs so there is always that uncertainty over starts.
I wish I could just be brave and go for it!If there is a better transfer you can make do that... If not then just man up!
Plausible that Sagna covering the CB slots gives him more security of starts?
a ballax player thou-wouldn't have him near the trough-zabby every day if not mangler /demi/kolorovski
go for it... as long as you dont need the transfer somewhere else and have a decent 4th defender in case he gets rested for 1 week, they have great fixtures for the next 4 games and he is in great form so will only get rested not dropped
I think his one saving grace in that department is he doesn't tend to get sub appearances (like Clichy and Kolarov) if he gets benched he'll stay there meaning one of your subs will come into play, hopefully with more than a 1 pointer.
All very good points. Thanks
A. Coutinho or Siggy
B. Cazorla or Sanchez
C. Cisse or Kane
D. Cazorla or Silva
E. Silva or YYT
S
S
K
S
YYT
Morning lads. I'm not a member but from the paragraph viewable to non members above, which two 'returning United assets' are hinting at major hauls?
Is it ADM and Falcao?
I should imagine so.
Fantasy draft semi final in gameweek 18...
Pantilimon
Debuchy/Mangala/Naylor
Barkley/Lampard/Tadic/Lamela
Giroud/RVP/Lukaku
Bench: Bertrand/Montero/Austin/Walcott/Caulker
My midfield and captaincy on are a concern. I could possibly draft in Johnson or Gomez. What do you think chaps?need to know your format
is it a straightforward fantrax stripped back game started;goal scored;assist
or is it a bustardised fpl with all the bells?A 'bustardised' (???) FPL with all the bells. Points scored based on FPL game. You get two free trades a week. I spent one bringing in Lamela for Cech.
okay i'd play bertrand for debuchy and austin for lukaku
austin looked fearsome,arsenal defence poor-even if the homeboy doesnt score he a bpa muncher-i'd expect both teams to score ,arsenal 2 more than qpr
personally i'd dump tadic for johnson(sun)-inconsistent for consistent
as for (c) giroud stand out
Good to go.?
Guzan
Cahill Clichy O'Shea
Eriksen Sanchez Yaya Sanchez
Austin Costa(c) Kane
Siggy Taylor WisdomYeah, a nice side. Not tempted to play Taylor over Clichy, just for piece of mind?
Yep considering that tbh,will hang on until pressers,then go with it i think.
Alexis and Carlos?
Gah! my mistake
Guzan
Cahill Clichy O'Shea
Eriksen Sanchez Yaya Hazard
Austin Costa(c) Kane
Siggy Taylor Wisdom
how did adm play? is he worth it?
Was heavily involved in the 30 or so mins he played
What would you do?
Guzan Foster
Baines Azpi Dummett Hutton Moore
Hazard Yaya Sanchez Downing Boyd
Costa Austin Bony
2FT / 0.2 ITBTeam looks good. I dont like to say it but maybe ditch Baines.
Which transfer would you make this week?
1) Baines to Debuchy
2) Perez to Kane
3) Wanyama to Silva
4) Wanyama to Cazorla
Thanking you in advance....4
Have Arsenal changed their set up in some way that is resulting in this form or is it ajust another Cazorla form roller coaster?
Tough to call. He's taking a decent amount of shots and is involved. With injuries I can't see him getting rotated right now.
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give baines one more week...
Who to downgrade?
1) Baines>Jones
2) Costa>Giroud
Baines has good fixtures but has awful form and Mirallas is back.
Costa plays for Chelsea but isn't justifying his price. Giroud is playing well.Morning gents. How goes it? Looking to put my cash to good use. Siggy to any mid. Already have Silva, Sanchez, Hazard. Don't fancy Yaya myself. How did Sterling look yesterday?
Sterling is playing well but I'd avoid him for now. Like Sanchez he looks tired. Cazorla is a decent option.
Second this. Cazorla looking very sharp.
Yeah cheers man. Not sure I want to double up on them at the minute. Arsenal not looking all that great. Caz is looking good alright though
Eriksen or Cazorla. Sterling ran around like a headless chicken with no end product. I think the kid is knackered tbh.
PLayed a lot of minutes this year, if you include the internationals. Shame. That price and playing up top for pool. Eriksen might be a good bet alright. Im still finding it hard to warm to Cazorla. Esp seeing as I already have Sanchez.
Didn't see the game but Sterling seems like a good shout with initial fixtures. Have you considered Fab?
3 chelsea already so can't get Fab. Had actually forgotten about him a bit lol.
Saw the second half and Liverpool were poor going forward. That will hold him back, but pundits were saying pool were great 1st half.
He won't play both of the next 2 I think, but it's hard to say who willHmm something to ponder on that. Cheers Tinkerman
erikson if you dont have kane
downing for the long term if you can tolerate CHE (A) next week
ADM if you want MAN UTD coverYeah downing looks great. shame I didnt get him in earlier. Seems stupid to bring him in this week though. I dont go in much for cover but was thinking about ADM too. CHeers mate.
underlying numbers looked good for ADM and his price is quite reasonable now. will he get 90 mins next week? i would think so ...
Yeah I wasnt going paying 10m for him but 9.5 looks decent enough alright
Teams looks sound Badger, Adm would be my pick or tidy up your non playing gk. I'm holding on Siggy.
Thanks Gnu. Non playing keeper may be an issue if matches are called off but Guzans next 3 after this week are pretty sweet so I dont think it's a priority. Still sitting on my Aguero cash and my team feels pretty average. I need a boost lol
Sterling fixtures look great but... I'm just not sure, reckon he's due a rest over one of the Christmas games.
A boost eh? have you tried a cheesy protein shake? 😉Hmm I suppose I could ditch Boyd and keep Siggy but that would mean a downgrade from Baines
Don't like the idea of a hit and Baines has to come up with goo this week, doesn't he!
keep saying that dont we? 🙁
Dont like the hit myself but festive period is jam packed. could do with some decent bodies in there.Well it's tough at the top Badger. 🙂
Your team looks sound, you've got 3 to play including your captain and 6 pts off the bench, you'll be feeling better after tomorrows game I bet.6pts I wish. Bony came on for a nice 1 pointer there. And Yun actually played 20mins. 1pt off the bench. Hoping my three chelsea lads can do damage alright
Oops, sorry I missed that.
haha no worries mate. Amazing in a week where I have both SIlva and Austin that I may be disappointed with my score lol
Siggy Rooney to
Silva, Giroud.
yay or nayYay for free. Rooney out for a hit is always risky
would be for a hit. but would prefer Giroud till Jan WC
Yeah I like the look of the moves alright
I would not take any hits this week, no idea who will play. Girould could easilly get a rest vs QPR.
It would be typical Silva to blank the next three games.
Yep. Thinking the same. Would be typical for Chadli to get a brace vs Leicester too
I think there is a little too much excitement over his goals. He wasn't the one up front and the actual strikers will be back before those three games are up. He's good if you have nothing else that needs looking at.
Chadli or Siggy to Silva or Erkisen.
Which one though?
It seems a shame to sell Chadli given then he seems to be back in the team but I'm not sure any spurs mid will play all of the next 3.
That said, I'm not sure Silva will either and he's never been a clinical goal scorer, despite his brace. Gone see the city game? What gives?
Probably neither.
Chadli > Silva at a push.
Anybody know for sure if Giroud is now penalty taker or will Santi continue on them?
Close to going Siggy to Carzola...
